The Sabarmati Express chugged slowly into Lucknow’s Charbagh station. It was past Monday midnight and most passengers were groggy from sleep and tiredness. But not Raj Kumar Nishad. Memories of the house he left behind in Vadodara had kept him awake.
The train from Gujarat brought with it to Lucknow hundreds of migrant labourers from UP who had for many years made the western state their home. Most had stories of sadness in their heart, some had tales of horror. Almost everybody had visions of insecurity.
The Sabarmati Express chugged slowly into Lucknow’s Charbagh station. It was past Monday midnight and most passengers were groggy from sleep and tiredness. But not Raj Kumar Nishad. Memories of the house he left behind in Vadodara had kept him awake.
The train from Gujarat brought with it to Lucknow hundreds of migrant labourers from UP who had for many years made the western state their home. Most had stories of sadness in their heart, some had tales of horror. Almost everybody had visions of insecurity.